The 15th recording in the Le Chant du Monde collection evokes a central theme in the soul’s spiritual journey—the precariousness of this world and the perenniality of the next. From one musical piece to the next, Ostad Elahi reminds us that everything in this world is perishable and that eternal bliss is found only in proximity to the Creator.

“What Ostad Elahi’s life shows us is that when we look back at the historical accounts, or the mythical accounts, of the great sages of the past and sometimes wonder to ourselves, ‘Could such an extraordinary person have really lived and walked this earth?’ the answer has to be yes, because here is one of them who was recently among us.”
—Theodore Levin, PhD
Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music
Dartmouth College

For more on the art and philosophy of Ostad Elahi’s music, see Jean During, The Spirit of Sounds: The Unique Art of Ostad Elahi (Cranbury, NJ: Cornwall Books, 2003).